#2. Lucic-Baroni reached the semi-finals of Wimbledon in 1999
Took you by surprise, did it? Yes, this isn’t Lucic-Baroni’s maiden Grand Slam semi-final as she had reached the semi-finals of Wimbledon way back in 1999. Lucic-Baroni had entered the main draw of the tournament through special exempt which allows players who couldn’t take part in the qualifying of the competition because they were competing in another tournament to qualify for the main draw.Lucic-Baroni scripted one of the upsets of the tournament by stunning Monica Seles in the third round in straight sets before defeating Thailand’s Tamarine Tanasugarn in the fourth round to qualify for her maiden Grand Slam quarter-final. In the quarter-finals, she produced another upset by beating then eighth seed Nathalie Tauziat to reach her first Grand Slam semi-final where she faced Steffi Graf. Lucic-Baroni almost created another major upset as she took the first set but Graf’s temperament and experience eventually prevailed and Lucic-Baroni lost the match in three sets.
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